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Google is an American company specializing in Internet-based services and products. It is one of the most widely used search engines and has developed technologies for cloud computing and social networking.

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REV Check Polestar

Is the Polestar the perfect electric car?

The Polestar 2: Chinese electric know-how meets Swedish automotive experience.
Cars and TransportationJanuary 20, 202107:50 min
Manuela Kasper-Claridge

Social media: Simply pulling the plug won't work

Manuela Kasper-Claridge
Suspending Donald Trump's social media accounts solves nothing, says DW's Editor-in-Chief Manuela Kasper-Claridge.
PoliticsJanuary 11, 2021
An image of the Parler app symbol on a phone screen

Tech giants block "free-speech" app Parler

People banned or censored by other social media use the network.
TechnologyJanuary 10, 2021
Iraqi fire fighters try to extinguish oil wells set on fire near Mosul by the extremist IS group as it fled the area

Investigating eco-crimes with Facebook

Open-source data helped track war crimes in Syria. Now it's being used for environmental crime in Yemen and Iraq.
Nature and EnvironmentJanuary 10, 2021
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DW Business – Europe & America

Chinese telecom giants to stay on NYSE - Google employees form union
BusinessJanuary 6, 202111:46 min
A Google sign

Google employees form labor union

The move coincides with growing scrutiny of influential high-tech operators worldwide.
TechnologyJanuary 4, 2021
Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGO

Search engine giants could soon face competition

Search engine rivals of Google are ready to step up as efforts are made to create a fairer competitive environment.
BusinessDecember 27, 2020
A laptop displaying the Google start page

Pakistan threatens legal action against Google, Wikipedia

Google and Wikipedia have been warned over caricatures of Prophet Mohammed and an "unauthentic" version of the Quran.
Human RightsDecember 26, 2020
Google office in London

US states sue Google for anti-competitiveness

The lawsuit accuses the popular website of killing competition with its ad revenue practices.
TechnologyDecember 17, 2020
Bernd Riegert

EU takes on tech giants

Bernd Riegert
The EU has finally moved to hold internet companies to account. DW's Bernd Riegert predicts a long battle in the courts.
TechnologyDecember 16, 2020
A mobile phone screen displaying the applications for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook Messenger, and LinkedIn

Facing new EU controls, Big Tech turns on itself

The EU's Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act could be the biggest threats ever posed to Big Tech dominance.
BusinessDecember 16, 2020
Logos of social networking websites displayed on a mobile phone's screen in Istanbul

EU unveils law curbing power of tech giants

Facebook, Amazon and others could soon face massive fines in the EU under draft laws to rein in Big Tech.
TechnologyDecember 15, 2020
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The EU could revolutionize how Big Tech does business in Europe

The European Commission has unveiled new rules for tech giants to do business in the bloc.
BusinessDecember 15, 202001:38 min
Google logo

Google hit by widespread outages

Google users in several world regions were briefly unable to use several internet services on Monday.
TechnologyDecember 14, 2020
A woman looks at a laptop

French watchdog fines Google, Amazon millions

Issuing fines totaling €135 million, a French regulator said the sites used cookies without prior consent.
TechnologyDecember 10, 2020
Facebook, Google logos in front of an Australian flag

Australia unveils laws to make Google, Facebook pay for news

Australia's government introduced laws that it says will create a level-playing field in its online advertising market.
MediaDecember 9, 2020
Vernetztes Wohnen mit Google Home

Speech-recognition software doesn't understand everybody

If you don't speak English like a white male, your words are less likely to be interpreted correctly.
ScienceNovember 27, 202001:35 min
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Shift - Living in the Digital Age

How good is voice software and in what fields does it and could it find application?
Digital WorldNovember 27, 202012:36 min
The Google logo

Companies plead with EU regulators for action on Google

Unfair practices will help Google destroy competitors before EU passes antitrust measures, a business group has warned.
BusinessNovember 18, 2020
Google Amazon Facebook Apple on a mobile device

Tech giants report mixed results in earnings release

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter reported mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday.
BusinessOctober 30, 2020
A person on a laptop looks at the Google search engine home page

Will Google go the way of Microsoft?

An unprecedented lawsuit against Google has echoes of past efforts to rein in tech giants Microsoft and Apple.
BusinessOctober 22, 2020
An image of people looking at their smart phones while standing in front of an image of an eye emblazoned with the word google

US hits Google with landmark antitrust case

The internet search giant has landed in legal trouble for allegedly stifling competition and harming consumer choice.
TechnologyOctober 20, 2020
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google logos

US lawmakers call for shakeup of big tech 'monopoly power'

Major tech companies Faceook, Google, Apple and Amazon were compared to oil barons and railroad tycoons in the report.
BusinessOctober 7, 2020
A woman with her face lit by blue light, overlaid with a grid of orange lights

Is Twitter's image-cropping feature racist?

Algorithms shape our online world — and often favor white people over Black people. Is this also a problem on Twitter?
TechnologySeptember 28, 2020
Google Doodle | Romy Schneider 82. Geburtstag

Actress Romy Schneider honored with Google Doodle

The memory of the European film star lives on — now in the form of a Google illustration.
CultureSeptember 23, 2020
Smartphone mit Corona Warn-APP

EU plans international coronavirus tracing network

Starting in October, a number of EU member states will launch a cross-border coronavirus tracing network. But France, wh
TechnologySeptember 21, 2020
Social media study

Facebook may block Australians from sharing news

Facebook is retaliating against Australian legislation that would require digital giants to pay local media for content.
TechnologySeptember 1, 2020
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Australia's new antitrust regulations anger Alphabet

Alphabet said that the search experience of Australians would be "hurt" by the proposed changes to the antitrust law.
BusinessAugust 17, 2020
DW Sendung Shift Fortnite Battle Royal

Apple, Google boot Fortnite from app stores

Apple said the game developer broke the rules in the App Store for "violating" payment guidelines.
TechnologyAugust 14, 2020
US President Donald Trump will ban TikTok in the country

Sieren's China: The battle of tech giants

Sparring over banning TikTok and WeChat, the US and China are playing a game where nobody wins, says DW"s Frank Sieren
BusinessAugust 13, 2020
Google, Baidu search portals

Europe's search for online privacy

Europeans mostly use American internet search services: Google and Bing. Is this dependency good, bad, or indifferent?
BusinessAugust 4, 2020
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee

Big Tech CEOs grilled by US lawmakers

Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple have answered to US lawmakers exploring new antitrust policy for the digital age.
TechnologyJuly 29, 2020
Tech CEOs to testify before US Congress antitrust panel

Tech CEOs to testify before US Congress antitrust panel

The CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google are set to argue that they face intense competition from each other.
BusinessJuly 29, 2020
Google Logo

Google victory in German top court

A German put the public's 'right to know' before the individual's 'right to be forgotten.'
TechnologyJuly 27, 2020
A phone with Germany's coronavirus app

COVID-19 apps far from a global success

It is still not clear how effective COVID-19 tracing apps are, despite many being launched globally.
BusinessJuly 27, 2020
Illustration of noughts and ones raining from a cloud

Europe must not trust US with data protection

The global exchange of data needs better regulation. DW's Bernd Riegert says Europe must step up and store its own data.
Law and JusticeJuly 16, 2020
Martin Sellner

Austrian far-right activist's YouTube account 'terminated'

The leader of the far-right organization Identitarian Movement contravened YouTube's hate speech policies, said Google.
PoliticsJuly 14, 2020
Students in New Delhi stand next to a statue of the Google logo

Google to invest $10 billion for India's digital transition

Google has announced it will invest $10 billion in accelerating India's transition to a digital economy.
SocietyJuly 13, 2020
Amazon und Facebook sind auf dem Display eines iPhone zu sehen

Study: Google, Amazon revenues fund pandemic disinformation

Over $25 million in ad revenues could be directed to sites spreading fake news, by the end of this year, a study shows.
TechnologyJuly 9, 2020
Hong Kong protest

Hong Kong: Google, Facebook freeze user data requests

The social media giants, including Twitter, have taken the step after China brought in a controversial security law.
SocietyJuly 7, 2020
Indien | Demonstration gegen Amazon-Chef Jeff Bezos

Fighting Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple

The GAFA tech firms use monopolies to suppress competition. In India, unions are making a stand.
LifestyleJune 26, 202001:24 min
Image of a boy using a laptop.

US pulls out of talks on big tech tax

France has accused the US of deliberately provoking the European Union by withdrawing from major talks on digital tax.
PoliticsJune 18, 2020
Facebook's logo reflected in a pair of glasses

Czech civil society fights back against fake news

A group of PR professionals in the Czech Republic have teamed up to fight back against disinformation outlets.
PoliticsJune 10, 2020
European Commissioner Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager

EU demands more regulation of US tech giants

The need in Europe for tighter rules on US internet giants has become "urgent," says the EU anti-monopolies chief.
Law and JusticeJune 7, 2020
Google Mutterkonzern Alphabet Inc.

Google defies Australian call to share earnings with media

Google has rejected Australia's demand that it share its online ad earnings with the country's depleted news media.
PoliticsJune 1, 2020
Coronavirus app displayed on a smartphone

Germany U-turns on coronavirus app

The government has ditched a German-led alternative after pressure over privacy concerns.
TechnologyApril 26, 2020
Finger about to touch facebook logo on a smartphone screen

Australia to force Google, Facebook to pay for news content

Australia says its previous voluntary approach will be replaced by 'fair' rules to force digital giants to pay for local
MediaApril 20, 2020
Sticker Bright spot - Lichtblicke | ENG | Coronavirus | Bode-Museum

Six museums to explore virtually during lockdown    

Many of the world's great cultural institutions can still be discovered online during coronavirus isolation.    
CultureApril 13, 2020
Two people sitting on a bench wearing protective masks using their phones

Apple and Google work on contact-tracing technology

The software will allow users to log other phones they have been physically close to.
TechnologyApril 11, 2020
WhatsApp icon on smartphone

60,000 WhatsApp groups still accessible online

Despite public outrage since the security flaw was revealed, thousands of links to private chat groups are still online.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2020